{"id":8254,"date":"2024-09-03T02:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T02:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/lets-make-a-train-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T02:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T02:29:19","slug":"lets-make-a-train-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/lets-make-a-train-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Make A Train (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0What Does “Make” Mean”?<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Wallace “shot to fame” (as they say) presenting a programme called “Veg Talk” on BBC Radio 4. His origins were humble, as a porter and then a salesman at Covent Garden Market but he grew his own fruit and veg business dramatically and then moved into the Restaurant trade<\/p>\n Once upon a time, documentaries on the BBC were well researched, informative and occasionally intellectually challenging.<\/p><\/div>\n … pivoting on that big peg in the middle.<\/p><\/div>\n We were NOT told whence came this vehicle, but a sign on the back …<\/p>\n … reads “Convoi Exceptioinel” which is the European standard for warning following drivers of a “Long Vehicle”. So it is reasonable to assume that these loads did NOT come from the UK!<\/p><\/div>\n Once welded, the floor was shot blasted using a terrifying nozzle viewed excitedly by Gregg but without shot!\u00a0<\/p>\n Scaree!<\/p><\/div>\n The welded floor was then spun upside down, again much to the “Wow” factor from our endearing presenter.<\/p>\n Once upside down (“So the seats are all underneath? Wow!”)<\/p>\n Erm, No, Gregg. The seats haven’t been fitted yet. If they had, they would have been crushed when the floor panel was turned over!<\/p><\/div>\n Now the sides have to be fixed.<\/p>\n These are swung into place alongside the roof-gap-floot jig …<\/p>\n As we watch this side panel swinging, note that the panels are not solid; they are hollow with zigzag aluminium strengthening which makes them much stronger than the old steel panels and, importantly, they weigh only a third of the “traditional” metal construction.<\/p><\/div>\n All the panels are like this.<\/p><\/div>\n … using 28 (in the case of this shorter panel) “Huck<\/span>” bolts. “Huck” is a brand name like Hoover, Google and Sellotape. The generic term would be “self locking bolts”.<\/p><\/div>\n And “swage<\/span>“?<\/p>\n Swaging is a metal-forming technique in which the metal of one part is deformed to fit around another part by either pressing or hammering, or by forcing the material through a die.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n According to the Alstom man on the telly programme, these devices are stronger than a weld, stronger than a rivet and even stronger than Seccotine.<\/p>\n